A big Happy Birthday to Don Henley, legendary singer, songwriter, musician and founding member of The Eagles, born #OnThisDay in 1947. 📷 Don with his 1936 Ford in 1974 (Henry Diltz). #DonHenley #TheEagles

It’s another Mini Monday. Here’s Charlotte Rampling, icon of the #SwingingSixties, with her spaniel Jessie and a very sharp Mini (📸 Norman Potter, September 1967). #MiniMonday #CharlotteRampling

Remembering Natalie Wood, multi-award winning actress, born #OnThisDay in 1938. 📷 Natalie loved her cars. She owned a pink 1955 Thunderbird, a Mercedes 300SL Roadster, which she had painted pink, a Buick Riviera, and this Mercedes 250SL (Ron Galella, Brentwood, CA, 1968).

A big Happy Birthday to R&B and pop legend Martha Reeves. 📷 Martha and the Vandellas on the live Ford Mustang production line to record the landmark video for ‘Nowhere to Run’, 1965. Martha: "That was a monumental moment. They'll never let anybody do that again!" #FordMustang #MarthaReeves

Remembering Spencer Davis, founder of The Spencer Davis Group, born #OnThisDay in 1939. As Island Records A&R guru in the 70s, Spencer worked with #BobMarley, #RobertPalmer, #SteveWinwood and @EddieHotRods. 📷 Koh Hasebe, London 1967. #Rock #MiniCooper

A big Happy Birthday to Stewart Copeland, legendary drummer, composer and producer, born #OnThisDay in 1952. 📷 Barry Schultz #stewartcopeland #police #thepolice #NewWave #Rock #punk #PostPunk #bmw2002 #bmw02

A big Happy Birthday to the wonderful Linda Ronstadt, singer, songwriter and musician, born #OnThisDay in 1946. 📷 Michael Ochs, c 1970. #LindaRonstadt #MorganPlus4

A big happy birthday to Harrison Ford, multi-award winning actor in roles spanning seven decades, born #OnThisDay in 1942. 📸 Swapping the Millennium Falcon for a more sedate ride - his 1955 Jaguar XK140 in British Racing Green (GQ magazine). #HarrisonFord #Jaguar #XK140

Remembering Christine McVie, singer, keyboard player and one of the finest songwriters of her time, #BOTD 1943. 📸 Fleetwood Mac in 1975 - Christine (centre) with John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood (Fin Costello). #ChristineMcVie #FleetwoodMac

Remembering Yul Brynner, legendary star of stage and screen, born #OnThisDay in 1920. 📷 Yul and his Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster before the premiere of “The Ten Commandments” (N/K October 1956). #YulBrynner #MercedesBenzSL #MercedesBenz300SL #300SL

A big Happy Birthday to Tom Hanks, multi-award winning actor and filmmaker, born #OnThisDay in 1956. 📷 Tom with his fabulous heavily reworked Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser, which he sold in 1991. #Toyota #FJ40 #ToyotaTuesday #WagonWednesday

A big Happy 85th Birthday to Sir Ringo Starr MBE, born #OTD 1940. Ringo liked his cars in a certain shade of burgundy, as seen by his Radford/Hooper Mini Cooper S, LWB Mercedes Pullman and the fabulous Facel II, the 1964 Motor Show car. 📷 National News / NK #RingoStarr #TheBeatles

Remembering Warren Oates, legendary actor, born #OnThisDay in 1928. His credits included The Wild Bunch, In the Heat of the Night, The Hired Hand, Race with the Devil and one of our favourites, Two-Lane Blacktop (below). (📸 Universal) #WarrenOates #PontiacGTO #55Chevy

#OnThisDay in 1973, Slade’s ‘Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me' went straight to No.1 in the UK. It was their fifth No.1. 📸 The band celebrate outside Polydor’s London offices. Don Powell would crash his Bentley a few days later, with tragic consequences (📸 Jim Kay).

A big Happy Birthday to Deep Purple drumming legend Ian Paice, born #OTD 1948. Ian owned this monster Mercedes-Benz LWB 500SEL for 33 years. He had it lowered and even fitted a Hutson supercharger. “When we reformed Purple, this was a big present to myself.” 📷NK/Dean Smith #IanPaice #DeepPurple

Staying with #ClintEastwood, here he is with his Jaguar XK150 at his Los Angeles home, 3512 Beverly Glen Blvd, back in 1961. At the same time, Clint also owned a Cadillac Series 62 Convertible. #Caturday #JaguarXK #XK150

Here’s something a little different for #FordFriday - Clint Eastwood and his fabulous Ford Gran Torino Sport from 1982, powered by a 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet. Clint’s 2009 movie ‘Gran Torino’ is his second highest grossing film to date. #ClintEastwood #GranTorino

A big Happy Birthday to Chris Isaak, rockabilly revivalist and actor, born #OnThisDay in 1956. 📸 Chris with his 1964 Cadillac Sedan DeVille in 1995 (Michael Tighe). #ChrisIsaak #Cadillac #CadillacSedanDeVille

A big Happy 80th Birthday to Carly Simon, singer, songwriter, musician and author, born #OnThisDay 1945. Carly loved her iconic Checker Marathon, which she used it at her Martha’s Vineyard home. 📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1981. #carlysimon #marthasvineyard #checker

A big Happy Birthday to Mick Fleetwood, born #OnThisDay in 1947. 📸 Here’s Mick with Lettuce Leaf, an Austin 7 he bought in his 20s, which he entrusted to Eric Clapton when he moved to the US, before restoring it and taking it to Maui. #FleetwoodMac #MickFleetwood #Austin7 #AustinSeven

Very sad news. RIP Mick Ralphs, influential guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founding member of both Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, who has passed away, aged 81. 📸 Mick with his 390ci Ford Mustang Mach 1 in 1975 (Circus/Creem). #RIPMickRalphs #MickRalphs #BadCompany #MotttheHoople

Just another #MiniMonday … #PaulMcCartney #TheBeatles #Beatles #Radford #Mini #MiniCooper

For #SupercarSunday, we head back to 2012, when jazz funk legend Jay Kay bought this unique and stunning Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 shooting brake, by Vignale. (📷 Top Gear) #Jamiroquai #JK #Ferrari #JayKay

A big Happy Birthday to Sir Ray Davies, ‘The Godfather of Britpop’, born #OnThisDay in 1944. Dedicated followers of fashion: Ray and The Kinks with the iconic Buick Electra designed and painted by BEV (📷 Mike Leale). #Mod #BritPop #RayDavies #TheKinks #BEV #Buick #BuickElectra

Remembering the genius of Brian Wilson, who sadly left us earlier this month, on what would have been his 83rd birthday. 📸 Brian (right), the Beach Boys and brother Dennis’s Corvette Stingray for the ‘Shut Down Volume 2’ photo shoot in 1963 (Michael Ochs’ archive). #BrianWilson #TheBeachBoys

Remembering the genius of Nick Drake, born #OnThisDay in 1948, and gone far too soon. Nick influenced a wide number of artists, including Peter Buck, Ben Watt, Paul Weller and Kate Bush. 📷 Nick and his Vauxhall Viva, London, 1967 (Julian Lloyd - inset Keith Morris).

A big Happy Birthday to Sir Paul McCartney, born #OnThisDay in 1942. Here’s Paul with his Radford Mini Cooper, one of four special Minis built for each Beatle in 1965. 📷 Pictorial Press/Wilson #PaulMcCartney #TheBeatles #Mini #RadfordMini #MiniCooper

A big Happy Birthday to Chris Spedding, guitar legend and producer, born #OnThisDay in 1944. 📷 This iconic shot from Gered Mankowitz at Camber Sands in 1976 shows Chris with Gered’s 1957 Oldsmobile Super 88. The photo was colorised for sleeve of Chris’s self-titled album. #ChrisSpedding

For #MiniMonday, we head back to the Swinging Sixties with the fabulous Twiggy and her early Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave. #Twiggy #Mini #MiniMargrave #woodandpickett #swingingsixties #model #twiggylawson #classicmini

Remembering Johnny Hallyday who was born today 15th June 1943 Johnny with his 1965 ISO Grifo A3/C 📸 © Getty images #music #photography @starsandcars.bsky.social @rockstarscars.bsky.social

Remembering Johnny Hallyday, ‘The French Elvis’ who sold over 110 million records, born #OnThisDay in 1943. 📸 The beginning - and end - of Johnny’s Lamborghini Miura ownership. After his crash, Lamborghini completely rebuilt it. It survives today. #LamborghiniMiura

So won’t you tak’ me back ’ome … A big Happy Birthday to Jim Lea, multi-talented musician and songwriter with the mighty Slade, born in Wolverhampton #OnThisDay in 1949. 📷 Jim and his 1968 MGB GT. #JimLea #Slade #glamrock #MGB #MGBGT

50 years ago today, Peter Frampton played the first of two nights at the Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, to record the iconic ‘Frampton Comes Alive’. It became the best-selling album of 1976. That year, Peter took his #AstonMartin #DB5 to New York. Did it survive? (📷 N/K) #PeterFrampton

Devastating news. RIP Brian Wilson, creator of some of the most iconic popular music, who has died aged 82. 📷 Brian with his Corvette C2 and Mustang convertible at his Laurel Way home in Beverly Hills, 1967. (Jim Marshall). #BeachBoys #BrianWilson #RIPBrianWilson

Remembering multi-talented singer, songwriter and record producer Lynsey de Paul, born #OnThisDay in 1948, and gone far too soon. 📷 On the grid at @Brands_Hatch for BBC Radio 1 DJ race day.

Sad news. RIP Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul legend and frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, who has passed away, aged 82. Sly with his 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk (📸 John Chapple). #RIPSlyStone #SlyStone #Studebaker #StudebakerHawk

#OnThisDay 35 years ago, ENGLANDneworder started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘World In Motion’, ahead of the 1990 World Cup. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Here’s New Order’s Bernard Sumner and his Mercedes SL, used in the video (📸 Kevin Cummins). #NewOrder #England #MercedesBenz #R107

A big Happy Birthday to Nancy Sinatra, born #OnThisDay in 1940. 📷 Nancy was the first owner of this cracking little Datsun 1600 sports roadster, bought for her by Lee Hazelwood when ‘These Boots Were Made for Walking’ hit the top spot, back in 1966. #Datsun #DatsunRoadster

Sad news. RIP Bob Andrews, keyboard player extraordinaire with Brinsley Schwarz and Graham Parker & the Rumour, and producer (Jona Lewie, The Bluebells, The La’s and more), who has passed away aged 75. 📸 Bob (left) with Brinsley Schwarz in Amsterdam, 1974 (Gijsbert Hanekroot) #RIPBobAndrews

It’s #FordFriday, and here’s one of the best. The much missed Dame Diana Rigg is seen with Ford GT40 P/1038 while filming The Avengers in 1966. The mocked up GT40 had history. Earlier in 1966 it was run by Essex Wire at Le Mans (#59). (📸 ABC) #TheAvengers #DianaRigg #FordGT40 #GT40 #FordGT

Remembering Dee Dee Ramone, legendary bassist, songwriter and singer, 18 September 1951 – 5 June 5, 2002. 📷 The Ramones outside Eric’s, Liverpool, in May 1977. (Ian Dickson) #Punk #Ramones #TheRamones #Liverpool

Happy Birthday to Michelle Phillips, singer/songwriter with the Mamas and the Papas and long time actress, born #OnThisDay in Long Beach, 1944. Michelle with her Jaguar E-Type/XKE in 1967 (📸 Michael Ochs Archives). #themamasandthepapas #michellephillips #Jaguar #EType #XKE #JaguarEType #JaguarXKE

A very Happy 75th Birthday to rock legend Suzi Quatro, born #OnThisDay in 1950. Suzi’s very first car in the UK was a Mercedes 280SL Convertible, with quite a history. She bought it off record producer Mike Chapman, and it was previously owned by Engelbert Humperdinck (📸 Hart).

Remembering the late, great Charlie Watts, drummer with The Rolling Stones for nearly 60 years, born #OnThisDay in 1941. #CharlieWatts #RollingStones #TheRollingStones #Fiat600

A big Happy Birthday to Ronnie Wood, guitarist, songwriter, artist, and one time hell-raiser, born #OnThisDay in 1947. 📷 Ronnie and his burgundy Mercedes SL in Richmond Hill, 1973 (Mirrorpix). #RollingStones #Faces #Rock #MercedesBenz

Remembering Led Zeppelin powerhouse John Bonham, born #OnThisDay in 1948, and gone far too soon. 📷 Bonzo and his Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III at his West Hagley home (family collection). #JohnBonham #LedZeppelin #Rock #HeavyRock #ClassicRock

For #FordFriday, here’s Andy Fairweather Low with his Shelby GT500. It was a short-lived ownership, as the previous owner, Jimi Hendrix’s manager Mike Jeffery, still owed the import duty. Andy mentioned the Shelby in a news article, and Customs & Excise sadly impounded it the following day.

A big Happy Birthday to Noel Gallagher, born #OnThisDay in 1967. 📷 Oasis in Withington, Manchester, 30 November 1993. (James Fry). #NoelGallagher #Oasis #Jaguar #Jaguar420G #JaguarMk10

A big Happy Birthday to the fabulous Kylie Minogue, born on 28 May 1968. 📷 Kylie with her Dad’s 1968 Shelby GT 350, which can be heard starting up and revving on the track Shelby '68, from her 2018 album ‘Golden’ (📷 Kylie Minogue, 2015).

A big Happy Birthday to Susan Janet Ballion, AKA Siouxsie Sioux, born 27th May 1957. 📷 Ladbroke Grove, 1977, by Kate Simon. #Punk #NewWave #OnThisDay #VolvoP1800 #Volvo #SiouxsieSioux #siouxsieandthebanshees